Month: June 2016

I’m going to make something very clear, I fucking love One Piece. I’m up-to-date on the manga, which at this point consists of reading well over 800 individual chapters. I’ve spent hours reading into fan theories on character development and story arch, I even collect rare and expensive One Piece figurines, my most expensive one being priced at close to $500 AUD. So when I found out that there was going to be a fighting game based on this amazing series, I just about shit my pants with excitement. For the unfamiliar, One Piece begins with the execution...

Warcraft. Diablo. Starcraft. These are all big-name franchises that are known and loved the world over. And they have all been brought to you by the same company – Blizzard. I could go into a big spiel about how great these games are, but let’s be honest here. It is more than likely that you, the reader, have sunk a great deal of time into these franchises, and know exactly how good they are. Blizzard’s latest game, Overwatch, is their first foray into the world of Online First Person Shooters. Designed specifically with Multiplayer game play in mind, the...

Berserk Musou (ベルセルク無双) The critically acclaimed manga is finally getting another game! The upcoming Berserk title is being developed by Omega Force, who are well known for their ‘Warriors’ games, which include the Dynasty Warriors franchise and the popular One Piece: Pirate Warriors series. There isn’t much known about the title yet as the trailer below is all we have in terms of any gameplay footage. But it looks like Omega are doing what they do best, albeit with a darker tone. Speaking at E3 in 2016, development lead Koinuma Hisashi stated that the game with cover the Golden Era and...

Off the back of the resounding return to form of the Manila event, Valve have announced the invitees for this years Dota 2 International, the game of games in the Dota scene. You aren’t a great team until you’ve won it even if, like OG, you’ve won 2 separate majors. Further on OG, they’ve become the only team to win 2 Valve hosted events but unfortunately for them, neither of those events were an international where the prize pool currently sits at US$12,357,367. Last years event had a prize pool of $18,000,000 and the winning players each earned more...